The corona standstill for amateur and popular sports will be extended until at least March 7th. That is the result of the deliberations by the federal and state governments on Wednesday about how to proceed in the corona pandemic. Despite the calls of the Conference of Sports Ministers for gradual easing, no relief for sport is planned for the time being. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) justified the extension of the restrictions, among other things, with the spread of more contagious variants of the corona virus.
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Millions of amateur and amateur athletes have to continue doing without their training and competitions in the corona lockdown. Professional athletes, on the other hand, can continue to host games and competitions to the exclusion of spectators and with strict hygiene concepts.
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The Conference of Sports Ministers had called for sport to be taken into account in all discussions and resolutions on relaxation. She advocates a step-by-step approach to the full resumption of sports operations in accordance with the goals of health and infection protection, it said before the deliberations of the federal and state governments.
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According to the decision, further opening steps should only take place within a week if the incidence of no more than 35 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants For sport and other areas, “a working group at the level of the head of the Federal Chancellery and the heads of the state and senate chancelleries” should work out the further steps in possible easing of the contact restrictions, according to the decision on Wednesday. This is intended to create “planning perspectives”. The aim is a “safe and fair opening strategy”.
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